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J.M.
Crawford, J.R.
Wilkins III, T.L.
Bean, L.
Mitchell, L.A.
Jones and S.M.
Rublaitus
NIOSH Education and Information Division
In cooperation
with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), The Ohio State University (OSU) is conducting a multiple-phase,
population-based health and hazard study of Ohio cash-grain
farmers and their families. Phase 1 of this effort, which
started in June of 1993 and was completed in November of 1993,
involved the sampling of 4,860 cash-grain farms from the comprehensive
statewide roster maintained by the Ohio Agricultural Statistics
Service. A self-administered postal questionnaire was administered
to the sample and non-respondents were telephoned and surveyed
on the phone.
One
section of the questionnaire elicited information about the
injury experience (in the past 12 months) of the operators,
their spouses, children, and others who regularly lived or
worked on the farm. As with most of the health-related questions,
the injury questions were largely modeled after the National
Health Interview Survey (specifically the 1988 occupational
supplement). The results of our survey will be discussed and
the general injury experience of the respondents will be characterized.
In particular, the injury experience of the farm operators
will be described and the results of specific tests of hypotheses
will be presented.
In the
year prior to completing the questionnaire, a total of 234
injuries were reported to have occurred among 6,616 (3.5%)
operators, spouses, children, and others living or working
on the farm. This figure excludes migrant and/or seasonal
workers. Of the 1,793 operators completing questionnaires,
128 (7.1%) experienced at least one injury. Approximately
84% of the injuries to operators occurred on the farm, and
about 69% of them were farming-related.
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This
research abstract was extracted from a portion of the proceedings
of "Agricultural Safety and Health: Detection, Prevention and
Intervention," a conference presented by the Ohio State University
and the Ohio Department of Health, sponsored by the Centers
for Disease Control/National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health.
The
authors noted above are from: All at The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH.
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